Songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player Ed Droste began Grizzly Bear in the early 2000s (in Brooklyn) as a solo project. As often happens, the solo project grew into a full band by the time of the second Grizzly Bear full-length album in 2006. The time between albums has increased; the new (fifth) record Painted Ruins arrives five years after the last one, Shields. With rich, layered soundscapes and strong songwriting, most Grizzly Bear fans would say the wait was worthwhile.
Here are the Top 30 releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending Sept. 17, 2017:
1 The War On Drugs- A Deeper Understanding
2 Iron & Wine- Beast Epic
3 LCD Soundsystem- American Dream
4 Alvvays- Antisocialites
5 The National- Sleep Well Beast
6 Grizzly Bear- Painted Ruins
7 Coast Modern- Coast Modern
8 Gregg Allman- Southern Blood
9 Filthy Friends- Invitation
10 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart- The Echo Of Pleasure
11 Girl Ray- Earl Grey
12 Gloom Balloon- Drying The Eyes Of The Goddess Of Gloom, Underneath The Stars And The Moon
13 The Safes- Tasty Waves
14 Oh Sees- Orc
15 Jen Cloher- Jen Cloher
16 Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile To The Surface
17 Broken Social Scene- Hug Of Thunder
18 A Giant Dog- Toy
19 Rainer Maria- S/T
20 The Districts- Popular Manipulations
21 Deerhoof- Mountain Moves
22 Dent May- Across The Multiverse
23 Widowspeak- Expect The Best
24 Turnover- Good Nature
25 Passion Pit- Tremendous Sea Of Love
26 Lilly Hiatt- Trinity Lane
27 Lisa LeBlanc- Why You Wanna Leave Runaway Queen?
28 Lizz Wright- Grace
29 Steve Earle & The Dukes- So You Wannabe An Outlaw
30 Beth Ditto- Fake Sugar